The South African traditional health practitioner as a beneficiary of and provider to medical funds and schemes through the Traditional Health Practitioners Act (Act No 22, 2007)

Conclusion The implications of Section 42(2) of the Traditional Health Practitioners Act (No 22, 2007) which aims to set up a claiming process for traditional health practitioners, seems to be very problematic. The fact that Act No 22 (2007) has not been enacted properly nine years after its promulgation has put a halt on the professionalization of traditional healers until 2015. This also affected their status as a beneficiary of and service provider to the various medical funds and schemes. At present there seems to be no clear and justified reason why the South African traditional health practitioner cannot be accepted as a beneficiary of and provider in the medical insurance industry.
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research